Curling clip



July 26, 1938.n R LANGLET 2,124,824

CURLING CLIP Fiied Aug. 11, 193e `"2 sheets-sheet 1 LXamH P. LANGLET July 26, 1938.

CURLING CLIP Filed Aug. l1, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 '132. lUlLtl,

Pafente July 26, 193s CURLING CLIP Paul Langlet, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, as-

signor to Harvey Carl Wheeler, Boston, Mass.

Application August 11, 1936, Serial No. 95,473 In France March 28, 1936 v 4 Claims.

The curling clips that are tted at the present time on heating helmets for permanent waving have the disadvantage that they can be applied only to the ends of the hair locks so that they cannot be used in the case of women with long hair. This is due to the fact that, for waving long hair, the hairdresser is compelled either to cut the ends of locks which are still curled, or to subject these ends to a new waving treatment, together with the portion which is not yet waved, after having wound the locks around the curling clips. In the rst case, the length of the hair is not kept constant. In the second case, the part that was already curled risks being uncurled in the said waving oper-ation. In both cases the result is unsatisfactory.

The object of the present invention is to provide a curling clip for permanent waving which obviates these drawbacks.

The curling clip according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a central part arranged in such manner that the portion of the hair lock that is still curled can escape from said clip, so that only the portion to be curled is wound around the clip. According to a preferred embodiment, this clip consists of a rather widely slotted cylindrical tube, the slot extending along a considerable part of the length of the tube. The portion of the lock that is still curled projects through s-aid slot and it is xed by a small tongue adapted to engage in the slot, so as to separate the part of the lock that is still curled from the portion that is no longer curled or is not yet so.

Since the cylindrical tube is open at one end, and the tongue cooperating therewith keeps the hair lock in position, it suffices to rotate the tube about its axis for winding thereon the part of the lock that is to be curled. Then the curling clip is introduced into a heating device, known underl the name of protector for permanent waving.

Advantageously, the curling clip, according to the present invention, is tted on a protector having the following characteristic features:

a. The rubber sleeve which receives the lower branches of the clip and which is intended to bear upon the head of the person to be waved is slotted laterally so as to facilitate its positioning and to avoid that, in case of tearing of the rubber, the hairdresser should be compelled to send the protector to the manufacturer for replacement of the rubber element;

b. 'Ihe tightening of the lower branches of the protector is obtained through cooperation of a cam provided with teeth, carried by one of the branches, with an edge, also provided with teeth, carried by the other branch, in such manner as to avoid any accidental opening of the protecting when it is in position.

Other features of the present invention will result from the following detailed description of some specific embodiments thereof.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be hereinafter described, with reference to the accompanying drawings, given merely by way of example, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a curling clip according to the present invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are cross sectional views of this clip, corresponding to two different relative positions of the parts thereof;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of another embodiment of the curling clip according to the present invention;

Fig. 5 shows a protector to be used advantageously in connection with the curling clip, in the open position;

Fig. 6 is a section of one of the branches of a protector according to Fig. 5, this section being made in a plane at right angles to said branch;

Fig. 7 is another perspective view of the curling clip;

Fig. 8 shows the system for turning the curling clip in only one direction;

Figs. 9 and 10 are end Views of the curling clip tted on the protector.

As shown by the drawings, an element I, in the sh-ape of a cylinder or a hyperbolic surface, is fixed in any suitable manner to the device 2 for securing it to the heating helmet, this device including, for instance, a ratchet wheel 3 arranged in such manner that the rotation of tube l, which constitutes the curling clip, can take place only in one direction when the pawl which cooperates with the ratchet is in operative position.

Tube l is provided with a wide slot 4 extending over most of its length, and in which a small tongue 5 can engage. Around this tube I there is fitted a sleeve 6 provided with a slot 'l extending over the whole of its length, slot l being slightly wider than slot 4. This sleeve is capable of turning with respect to tube l. It serves to keep tongue 5 engaged in slot 4 when the hair has been inserted in position and it is desired to wind the lock to be curled around the clip.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, sleeve 6 has been replaced by a semi-cylindrical piece 8, pivoted about axis 8, 9 and the function of which is idenllXaml tical to that of sleeve 6, with the only dlerence that, instead of being turned about its axis, for maintaining tongue 5 in the engaged positionl piece 8 is turned about axis 9, 9, at right angles to the axis of the curling clip.

The working of the device will be readily understood: Supposing that the end I of a hair lock is still curled, while the remainder II of this lock is to be curled, the Whole of the curled portion is engaged through slot 4, then tongue is engaged into slot 4. Part I0 is then pulled until tongue 5 exactly separates the curled portion from that which is to be curled. Then the tongue is locked in position, either, as shown by Fig. 1, by turning sleeve 6 about itself, so as to bring it into the position of Fig. 3, or, as shown by Fig. 4, by pivoting sleeve 8 about its axis 9, 9.

The whole of the part II of the hair lock is then Wound on the curling clip, which is then fitted in position on the helmet.

Fig. 5 shows a protector intended to receive the curling clip. This protector includes two at parts, made of a light metal, aluminium for instance, one of which I2 is given the shape of a U, while the second one, I3, is pivoted to the first part I2 at I4. The fiat element I2 is provided with two U-shaped ends I5 and I6, at right angles to the intermediate part thereof. One of these ends I5 is adapted to accommodate the end I'I, with a slotted head I3, of the curling clip. The other part I6 is adapted to accommodate the end I9 of the clip, fitted with a projection 20 of square section. Over parts I2 and I3, there is slipped a rubber sleeve 2|, slotted laterally so as to facilitate its fitting into position. Part I3 is provided, at its free end, on the outer side, with a toothed notch 23, adapted to cooperate, when said part I3 is applied against part I2, with a toothed cam 24, pivoted at 25, and actuated through a lever 26.

Square-shaped projection 20 is rigid with a ring 21 surrounded by a spring 28 one end of which is bent so `as to enter into a notch or slot 29 provided at the end of said ring.- Said ring engages with a certain play into the hollow end 30 of the curling clip.

The fixation of the curling clip on the head is easy to understand: Thehair being engaged, as shown by Fig. 1, the protector is placed on the head and branches I2 and I3 are brought into the closed position, being locked in this position by the teeth of cam 24 engaging the teeth of notch 23. Then the curling clip is engaged into the recesses of the two U-shaped ends I5 and I6, in such manner that square-shaped projection 2li engages between the branches of U-shaped member I5, while the other end I1 of the clip engages between the branches of the U-shaped part I 6. The curling clip is turned by means of a key, owing to the provision of slot I8, in the direction of the arrow F of Fig. 8.

Once all the curling clips have been placed on the protectors, the whole'is enclosed in a suitable helmet.

In order to remove the curling clip, ring 21 is unlocked. The square-shaped projection 20 which is rigid therewith is removed. The curling clip is then unwound, and finally lever 26 is pivoted in the direction opposed to that above mentioned, so as to 'disengage cam 24 from notch 23.

While I. have, in the above description, disclosed what I deem to be practical and elcient embodiments of the present invention, it should be well understood that I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be changes made in the arrangement, disposition and form of the parts without departing from the principle of the present invention as comprehended within the scope of the accompanying claims.

What I claim is:

1. For use with a permanent hair waving apparatus, a curling clip which comprises, in combination, a hollow tubular body open at one end, said body being provided with a longitudinal slot extending over substantially the whole length thereof, a hair clamping tongue adapted to fit in said slot so as to be flush with the peripheral surface of said body, and part-cylindrical locking means for said tongue adapted to surround said body so as to conform to the shape of the outer surface thereof.

2. For use with a permanent hair waving apparatus, a curling clip which comprises, in combination, a hollow tubular body open at one end, said body being provided with a longitudinal slot extending over substantially the whole length thereof, a hair clamping tongue movably carried by said body, so as to be able to move into and away from said slot, said tongue being so shaped as to be able to fit in said slot so that its outer face is flush with the peripheral outer surface of said body, and part-cylindrical locking means for said tongue adapted to surround said body so as to conform tightly to the shape of the outer surface thereof.

3. For use in connection with a permanent hair waving apparatus, a curling clip which comprises,

in combination, a hollow tubular body open at one end, said body being provided with a longitudinal slot running over substantially the whole length thereof, a hair clamping tongue movably carried by said body so as to be able to move into and away from said slot with a radial displacement, said tongue being shaped to fit in said slot so that its outer surface is flush with the peripheral outer surface of said body, and a part cylindrical sleeve for locking said tongue, tightly fitting around said body so as to be rotatable with respect thereto about the axis of said body.

4. For use in connection with a permanent hair waving apparatus, a curling clip which comprises, in combination, a hollow tubular body open at one end, said body being provided with a longitudinal slot running over substantially the whole length thereof, a hair clamping tongue movably carried by said body so as to be able to be moved radially into, and away from, said slot, said tongue being shaped to fit in said slot so that its outer surface is flush with the peripheral outer surface of said body, and a semi-cylindrical part for locking said tongue in said slot, pivoted to said body about an axis at right angles to the axis of said body, said part being shaped to conform to the shape of the outer surface of said body. 1

PAUL LANGLET. 

